News desk: Forensic experts of Bangladesh and Nepal on Saturday announced the identities of 17 Bangladeshis through their fingerprint identification who died in US-Bangla Airlines plane crash in Kathmandu.
The bodies were identified through their fingerprint identification, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here. Their respective passport numbers are provided in parentheses.
The Bangladeshis are: Foysal Ahmed (AG7611296), Bilkis Ara (BC0049030), Akhtara Begum (BQ0966082), Md Rokibul Hasan (BF0245028), Sanzida Huque (BL0129840), Md Hasan Imam (BL0077270), Meenhaz Bin Nasir (BL0948957), Tamarra Prionmoyee (BR0896359), Md Motiur Rahman (BA0594388), S M Mahmudur Rahman (BA0594388), Tahira Tanvin Shashi Reza (BB0778372), Aniruddha Zaman (BP0122973), Md Nuruz Zaman (BF0621111), Md Rafiquz Zaman (BL0601965), Pilot Abid Sultan (BE0760912), Co-pilot Prithula Rashid (BF0430528), Crew Khwaja Hossain Mohammad Shafey (AF3028136).
Identities of the rest of the victims will be confirmed today, it said.
On March 12, at least 49 people, including 26 Bangladeshis, died as an aircraft of US-Bangla Airlines from Dhaka to Kathmandu crashed at Tribhuvan International Airport in the capital of Himalayan country of Nepal.
Of the 10 Bangladeshi survivors of the crash, five have been brought back and admitted to the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital. They are Shahreen Ahmed, Mehedi Hasan, Saiyada Kamrunnahar Shwarna, Almun Nahar Annie and Sheikh Rashed Rubayet.
